The Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office, James Odupitan, has charged youths to embrace positive attitudinal change in their day to day activities in order to reawaken good leadership skills in them.
Odupitan spoke during a courtesy visit by delegates from Course 40 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State.
He added that the youths should learn to have the right attitude as they have a lot at stake as future leaders.
He said: “The youths need to have the right attitude.
“Youths are leaders of tomorrow and a lot of stake is placed on them.
“Nothing is too much to do in terms of investment in ours youths for our tomorrow to be alright, bright and better, especially the Federal Government must reckon with the state on how to bring up the youth.”
Odupitan said the present administration in the state, led by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, believes in youth empowerment, stressing that the Government has invested enormously in the same via skills and knowledge, which has aided idle youths to access meaningful jobs.
He added that the State Government through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation has ensured that a sizable amount of youth have graduated in catering, bricklaying, hair dressing, shoe making, tailoring from the various skill acquisition centres situated across the state.
He appealed to the society at large to do the needful by ensuring that the youth are enlightened from time to time that life is not all about making money, riding the best cars, but contributing their quota to the development of the country, adding that this would help them achieve greatness in all their endeavours.
Odupitan said: “It may not actually be about skills acquisition, knowledge or getting the best white collar job, but youths attitude has got to be empowered.”
In his response, head of the delegation, Colonel I. K. Muazu, noted that the theme for this year’s study tour for Senior Course 40: “National Security and Youth Empowerment,” couldn’t have come at a better time than this when the country is witnessing a renewed drive to improve national security through youth empowerment.
Muazu stated that in this light, the Senior Course 40 students are ready to explore the strength, weaknesses, opportunities and national security through youth empowerment programmes in Lagos State.
He stressed that the visit will afford the students the opportunity to carry out the study and research, proffer, workable and possibly relevant alternative solutions to identified problems in the host states.
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